Robert W. Fogel

Gebundenes Buch

Explaining Long-Term Trends in Health and Longevity

Beschreibung

A collection of essays by Nobel laureate Robert W. Fogel on the theory and measurement of ageing and health-related variables.

Autor

Robert W. Fogel is Charles R. Walgreen Distinguished Service Professor of American Institutions at the Booth School of Business, University of Chicago and Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Dr Fogel was the joint winner (with Douglass North) of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 1993. He is the author of several books, including The Escape from Hunger and Premature Death, 1700-2100: Europe, America, and the Third World (Cambridge University Press, 2004) and The Fourth Great Awakening and the Future of Egalitarianism (2002). He co-authored The Changing Body: Health, Nutrition, and Human Development in the Western World since 1700 (Cambridge University Press, 2011).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Oktober 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 437g
• ISBN-13: 9781107027916
• ISBN-10: 1107027918
• Artikelnr.: 36270610